The basic concept behind a Web browser is pretty simple -- to deliver and frame the online world. So how much better can a browser get, really?
That's the question facing Mozilla and the worldwide community of developers responsible for its Firefox browser. The first version, in 2004, took off based on its promise of better security and features such as tabbed browsing, for opening multiple pages inside a window.
With the release of Firefox 3.0 slated for next month, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner thinks they've come up with advances worthy of the same type of attention. He points, as an example, to a Firefox 3.0 feature known officially as the Smart Location Bar -- and informally as the Awesome Bar.
The feature gives the browser's address bar a mechanism for quickly returning to Web pages, without bookmarking them, even if users don't remember the address. As people type, it searches for that text in the addresses and titles of pages that they've visited previously. It also can search "tags" -- keywords that users associate with a particular page.
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That's the question facing Mozilla and the worldwide community of developers responsible for its Firefox browser. The first version, in 2004, took off based on its promise of better security and features such as tabbed browsing, for opening multiple pages inside a window.
With the release of Firefox 3.0 slated for next month, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner thinks they've come up with advances worthy of the same type of attention. He points, as an example, to a Firefox 3.0 feature known officially as the Smart Location Bar -- and informally as the Awesome Bar.
The feature gives the browser's address bar a mechanism for quickly returning to Web pages, without bookmarking them, even if users don't remember the address. As people type, it searches for that text in the addresses and titles of pages that they've visited previously. It also can search "tags" -- keywords that users associate with a particular page.
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